Lazar ( JPA: לִיעֶזֶר or לָעְזָר, ''Lāzār,'' russian: Лазарь, Lazar; Serbian,

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

and Macedonian: Лазар, ''Lazar'') is a male given name or a surname. An abbreviation of the Hebrew name or אֱלִיעֶזֶר‎ meaning 'God has helped' which first appeared in

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic Jewish Palestinian Aramaic or Jewish Western Aramaic was a Western Aramaic language spoken by the Jews during the Classic Era in Judea and the Levant, specifically in Hasmonean, Herodian and Roman Judea and adjacent lands in the late first m ...

(see Lazarus and

Eleazar ben Shammua ''For other people named Eleazer. see: Eleazar (name)'' Eleazar ben Shammua or Eleazar I (Hebrew: אלעזר בן שמוע) was a rabbi of the 2nd century (4th generation of tannaim), frequently cited in rabbinic writings as simply Rabbi Eleaza ...

) and is especially common in various

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People with the given name

Lazar

* Lazar (1329–1389), duke of Serbia 1371–1389 * Lazar of Hilandar (fl. 1404), Serbian Orthodox monk and clockbuilder *

Lazar Branković Lazar Branković ( sr-cyr, Лазар Бранковић; c. 1421 – 20 February 1458) was a Serbian despot, prince of Rascia from 1456 to 1458. He was the third son of Đurađ Branković and his wife Eirene Kantakouzene. He was succeeded by hi ...

(1421–1458), Lazar's grandson and despot of Serbia 1456–1458 *

Lazar Baranovych Lazar Baranovych or Baranovich ( uk, Лазар Баранович, russian: Лазарь Баранович, pl, Łazarz Baranowicz; 1620 – 3 (13) September 1693 in Chernihiv, Tsardom of Russia) was a Ruthenian Eastern Orthodox archbishop of ...

(1620–1693), Ukrainian Orthodox archbishop *

Lazar I of Armenia Catholicos Lazar I of Armenia was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1737 and 1751. He is notable for the numerous troubles he personally got into during his reign. Lazar had been bishop of Smyrna, Turkey and was a native of J ...

, head of Armenian Apostolic Church (1737–1751) *

Lázár Mészáros General Lázár Mészáros ''(English: Lazarus Mészáros)'' (20 February 1796 in Baja – 16 November 1858 in Eywood), was the Minister of War during the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. Biography He was born into a noble family of landowners. Hi ...

(1796–1858), Hungarian Minister of War * Lazar Grünhut (1850–1913), Hungarian rabbi *

Lazăr Șăineanu Lazăr Șăineanu (, also spelled Șeineanu, born Eliezer Schein;Leopold, p.383, 417 Francisized Lazare Sainéan, , Alexandru Mușina"Țara turcită", in ''România Literară'', Nr. 19/2003 or Sainéanu; April 23, 1859 – May 11, 1934) was a R ...

(1859-1934), Romanian philologist * Lazăr Edeleanu (1861–1941), Romanian chemist *

Lazar Kujundžić Lazar Kujundžić-Klempa ( sr-cyr, Лазар Кујунџић: 1880 – May 25, 1905) was a Serbian Chetnik commander (vojvoda) who was active in Old Serbia and Macedonia. Biography He was born in Orahovac, near Prizren. He graduated fro ...

(1880–1905), Serbian guerilla fighter *

Lazar Drljača Lazar Drljača (10 October 1882 – 13 July 1970) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina painter, who self-identified as the Bosnians, Bosnian Bogomilism, bogumil. Biography Born in Blatna near Bosanski Novi into a Bosnian Serbs, Bosnian Serb family, he was ...

(1882–1970), Yugoslav painter *

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...

, born Lazar Meir (1884–1957), Canadian-American film executive, co-founder of MGM * Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), Soviet politician and Stalinist * Lazar Kogan (1889–1939), Soviet secret police functionary *

Lazar Lyusternik Lazar Aronovich Lyusternik (also Lusternik, Lusternick, Ljusternik; ; 31 December 1899, in Zduńska Wola, Congress Poland, Russian Empire – 23 July 1981, in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet mathematician. He is famous for his work in topolog ...

(1899–1981), Soviet mathematician *

Lazar Lagin Lazar Iosifovich Lagin (russian: Ла́зарь Ио́сифович Лагин), real name Lazar Ginzburg (4 December 1903, Vitebsk – 4 June 1979, Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian author of children's and science fiction books. Lagin is be ...

(1903–1979), Soviet satirist and children's writer *

Lazăr Sfera Lazăr Sfera ''( sr, Lazar Sfera)'' (29 April 1909, in Sân Mihai, Austria-Hungary (today in Serbia) – 24 April 1992) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender. Biography At club level, he began his career at the youth team of Po ...

(1909–1992), Romanian footballer *

Lazar Koliševski Lazar Koliševski ( mk, Лазар Колишевски ; 12 February 1914 – 6 July 2000) was a Yugoslav communist political leader in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was clos ...

(1914–2000), Yugoslav politician *

Lazar Mojsov Lazar Mojsov ( mk, Лазар Мојсов; 19 December 1920 – 25 August 2011) was a Macedonian journalist, communist politician and diplomat from SFR Yugoslavia. Biography Mojsov received his doctoral degree from the University of Belgrade's ...

(1920-2011), Yugoslav politician *

Lazar Yazgur Lazar Semionovich Yazgur (russian: Ла́зарь Семё́нович Язгу́р; June 7, 1928, Leningrad, USSR – 2000, Israel) was a Soviet, Russian Jewish realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Saint Peter ...

(1928–2000), Soviet painter *

Lazar Berman Lazar Naumovich Berman (russian: Ла́зарь Нау́мович Бе́рман, ''Lazarʹ Naumovič Berman''; February 26, 1930February 6, 2005) was a Soviet Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988). He was hailed for a h ...

(1930–2005), Soviet classical pianist *

Lazar Tasić Lazar Tasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Тасић; 5 April 1931 – 16 May 2003) was a Serbian football player. He played 13 matches for the Yugoslavia national team scoring once. He managed Vefa Vefa is part of the district of Fatih ...

(1931-2003), Yugoslav footballer *

Lazar Radović Lazar Radović ( Cyrillic: Лазар Радовић; born 13 November 1937) is a Montenegrin retired footballer. Club career Radović played in Holland for Xerxes alongside Eddy Treijtel and Willem van Hanegem and was prepared to follow van Han ...

(born 1937), Yugoslav footballer *

Lazăr Comănescu Lazăr Comănescu (; born 6 June 1949 in Horezu, Vâlcea County) is a Romanian diplomat. He was the foreign minister of Romania from 15 April 2008 until 22 December 2008. He was named Romania's ambassador to Germany in 2009. Since 17 November 20 ...

(born 1949), Romanian politician *

Lazar Ristovski Lazar "Laza" Ristovski ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар Ристовски, born 26 October 1952) is a Serbian retired actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, ...

(born 1952), Serbian actor * Lázár Szentes (born 1955), Hungarian footballer and coach * Lazar Vidovic (born 1965), Australian footballer *

Lazar Popović Lazar Popović (; born 10 January 1983) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a striker. Popović was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro youth teams. Club career Popović started his professional career in FK Čukarički and playe ...

(born 1983), Serbian footballer *

Lazar Hayward Lazar Miller Hayward (born November 26, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was a college standout for Marquette University. High school career Hayward went to Buffalo Traditional High School where he was an outstandin ...

(born 1986), American basketball player *

Lazar Marković Lazar Marković ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар Марковић, ; born 2 March 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Trabzonspor on loan from Gaziantep. He started his career at Partizan before m ...

(born 1994), Serbian footballer

Llazar

Llazar Fundo Llazar (Zai) Fundo (born March 20, 1899 in Görice, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire died September 20, 1944 in Kukës, Albania) was an Albanian Communist, later social-democratic journalist and writer. He was a former member of the Comintern an ...

(1899–1944), Albanian communist, journalist and writer *

Llazar Siliqi Llazar Siliqi (1924 – 2001) was a notable Albanian poet. His poetic profile was influenced by the work of Mayakovsky. Siliqi was born in Shkodër, the son of the Albanian poet and nationalist figure Risto Siliqi. He was an active particip ...

(1924–2001), Albanian poet * Llazar Treska, Albanian politician and mayor of Tirana

People with the surname

* Alexandru Lazar, Romanian footballer *

Berel Lazar Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar (born May 19, 1964), better known as Berel Lazar, is an Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000, he has been a Chief Rabbi ...

, Chief Rabbi of Russia *

Bob Lazar Robert Scott Lazar (; born January 26, 1959) is an American conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed physicist who claims he was hired in the late 1980s to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology. This work supposedly occurred at a secret ...

, American conspiracy theorist * Chris Lazar, Canadian actor * Costin Lazăr, Romanian footballer *

Curtis Lazar Curtis Lazar (born February 2, 1995) is a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the first round (17th ...

, Canadian hockey player * David Lazar, Romanian footballer * Ernie Lazar (1945–2022), American historical researcher * Florin Lazăr, Romanian footballer *

Gheorghe Lazăr Gheorghe Lazăr (5 June 1779 – 17 September 1823), born and died in Avrig, Sibiu County, was a Transylvanian, later Romanian scholar, the founder of the first Romanian language school in Bucharest, 1817. Biography A Habsburg Empire subject, ...

, Romanian scholar * Gracie Lazar, American actress *

György Lázár György Lázár (; 15 September 1924 – 2 October 2014) was a Hungarian Communist politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1975 to 1987. He retired from politics in 1988. Early life He was born into a labour family i ...

, Prime Minister of Hungary from 1975 to 1987 *

Ilie Lazăr Ilie Lazăr (born December 12, 1895, Giulești, Maramureș County - d. November 6, 1976 Cluj-Napoca) was a Romanian jurist and politician, a leading member of the National Peasants' Party in the interwar period and the right-hand man of Iuliu Maniu ...

, Romanian politician *

Ingmar Lazar Ingmar Lazar (born June 22, 1993 in Saint-Cloud, is a French classical pianist. Lazar started to play the piano when he was five. He made his debut at the age of six at the Salle Gaveau. At the age of 10, he won the International EPTA Piano Compe ...

, French classical pianist *

Irving Paul Lazar Irving Paul "Swifty" Lazar (March 28, 1907 – December 30, 1993) was an American talent agent and dealmaker, representing both movie stars and authors. Early life and education Born Samuel Lazar to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, he grad ...

, Hollywood agent *

János Lázár János Lázár (born 19 February 1975) is a Hungarian politician and Member of Parliament. He was former leader of the Fidesz parliamentary group (2010–2012) and State Secretary, then Minister of Prime Minister's Office (2012–2018) in the c ...

, Hungarian politician * Jaryd Lazar, American internet video gamer *

John Lazar John Lazar (1 December 1801 − 8 June 1879) was an actor and theatre manager in Australia. He was Mayor of Adelaide from 1855 to 1858. History Lazar was born in Edinburgh, a son of Abraham Lazar, stockbroker, and his wife Rachel née Lazarus ...

(1801–1879), Australian theatre manager and mayor *

Mitchell Lazar Mitchell Lazar (born 1956) is an endocrinologist and physician-scientist known for his discovery of the hormone resistin and his contributions to the transcriptional regulation of metabolism.Lazaris the Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor in Diabete ...

, American endocrinologist * Mihai Lazăr, Romanian rugby union player *

Marc Lazar Marc Lazar (b. 1952. Paris) is a french academic who serves as a professor and director of the Doctoral School at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (better known as ''Sciences Po''). He is also the President of the LUISS school of governme ...

, French academic * Monika Lazar (born 1967), German politician * Ralph Lazar (born 1967), artist, illustrator and author *

Samuel Lazar Samuel Lazar (1838 – 14 November 1883) was an Australian theatre manager, producer of pantomimes and operas, and occasional actor. History Lazar was a son of theatre manager John Lazar, and as a child frequently appeared on stage in his father' ...

(1838–1883), Australian theatre manager and mayor *

Seth Lazar Seth Lazar (born 1979) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He leads thMachine Intelligence and Normative TheoryLab. Lazar won the Frank Chapman Sharp Prize in 2011 "for the best unp ...

, Australian philosopher * Valentin Lazăr, Romanian footballer

Fictional characters

*Lazar Wolf, wealthy butcher in ''

Fiddler on the Roof ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the ...

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